Dividing the Waters
Dividing the Waters

Author: William Andrew Blomquist

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Not only are these water supplies not depleted, they are in fact relatively healthy despite California's recent six-year drought.

Water and Los Angeles
Water and Los Angeles

Author: William Deverell

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0520292421

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.

Hazardous Metropolis
Hazardous Metropolis

Author: Jared Orsi

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2004-01-05

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0520238508

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An fascinating history of flood control efforts in Los Angeles from the 1870s to the present, showing how engineering has continually failed to contain nature. This book teaches us to think of cities as ecosystems.

Low Impact Development
Low Impact Development

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9780979970610

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The manual introduces general audiences to designing landscapes for urban stormwater runoff -- a primary source of watershed pollution. The goal is to motivate awareness and implementation of LID in a wide cross-section of stakeholders, from property owners to municipal governments that regulate infrastructure development. The manual provides a holistic framework in which a novice homeowner and an experienced developer can each find an equally tranformative role to enact.